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Fairy tales dont tell you that dragons are real, but that they can be defeated!

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Tales
Tell
Real
Dragons
Dont
Defeated
Fairy

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Despereaux marveled at his own bravery. He admired his own defiance. And then, reader, he fainted.
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